I think Trump is gonna seriously regret messing with the FBI

[TDale313]

Many in the Bureau reportedly devastated by this- not just the firing but how it was handled. If Trump thought this was gonna to take pressure off him w/regards to the Russia Investigations he's gonna be seriously disappointed.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. And regret messing with the Intelligence Community. . . nt

[TDale313]

3. Absolutely.

These aren't people you wanna cross.

[bdamomma]

55. exactly I would love

to see the FBI and the CIA go after his a$$. Don't mess with Intelligence Community.....

[onecaliberal]

2. I hope you're right. I'm not hopeful

[LibraLiz1973]

29. I'm in the boat with you

He just keeps lopping them at the knees-- and that includes us.
The republicans in power are complicit. This is a huge issue.

[onecaliberal]

41. Very very troubling

[Bettie]

43. I want to be hopeful

but they run everything right now. They can stop anything and there isn't anything we can do about it.

They will destroy everything and dance on the ashes.

[woodsprite]

4. Hopefully when he tries to turn the military on the IC and citizens, they refuse. n/t

[Generic Brad]

8. I have been expecting that since week 1

It is only a matter of time before he orders the death of Americans. I have been predicting this order to come once he transformed into full on dictator. Today he took a big step towards removing the pretense and suspending democracy.

[Thinkingabout]

5. I sure hope he regrets this.

[OliverQ]

6. Well reports from the WH officials are that

None of them actually thought this would be the media bombshell it has turned into. They thought Democrats would be excited, and no one would really care.

Apparently not a single person in this White House has an IQ over 80 nor have they studied history and what happened with Nixon.

[sheshe2]

10. +1000

And welcome to DU!

[Goodheart]

13. That's my belief...

I think Trump is stupid enough to have believed that Democrats would applaud this move. They tried to get cute and they miscalculated BIGLY.

[calimary]

35. Welcome to DU, Goodheart!

trump is still operating on the assumption that this is just another family-run business.

I can't even count how many times I've had this argument with people who insist that "government should be run like a BIZNISS." Maybe after we've all spent this time living through this shit, I won't have such a hard time making this point anymore.

They're Just. NOT. The. Same. Thing. Dammit!

[oasis]

16. How dumb of Trump to think he could kick Comey to the curb and

that would square things with Democrats.

What he actually kicked was a hornet's nest.

[Flaleftist]

49. He may have assumed the rest of the country is as dumb as his supporters. nt

[bdamomma]

56. or as dumb as he is!!!

Welcome to DU



He has a very low opinion of the American people and this country.

[6000eliot]

17. Well, they have spent several days trying to smear him with Democrats.

[titaniumsalute]

20. WTF they didn't see the backlash coming?

Did someone at some point say "gee this might look funny firing the FBI Dir in the middle of an investigation of us."

[OliverQ]

22. Nope, they apparently didn't think that.

They thought Dems would be happy about it, and they're clearly oblivious to the Nixon situation.

[titaniumsalute]

23. Well dumbasses are running the ship right now...

[Amaryllis]

46. History? What's that?

[greyl]

37. The WH officials are lying.

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They knew, but determined that the shallow argument "Democrats didn't like Comey, so they're hypocrites to complain" would be strong enough for their shallow base to believe.

[Solomon]

52. This

.

[KeepItReal]

7. Depends on who wins...NYC Office Trumpkin-types vs other FBI Patriots

I honestly don't know who has the most juice in the FBI.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. "Deep Throat" was FBI.

[regnaD kciN]

11. Not half as much as if he'd done it to the CIA...

If he had messed with them, I wouldn't have been surprised to see him meet with a "tragic accident" or completely-unforeseen "natural causes." The FBI, by contrast, tends to avoid extrajudicial actions.

Of course, where the rubber will meet the road is when Trump's appointee takes over, and demands all evidence be sent to him for review and "safe-keeping"...

[FakeNoose]

26. I'm sure all the career guys at FBI, CIA etc. hate Trump

Trump has done NOTHING to endear himself to those folks.

They'll be happy to bury him anyway they can. They already have the evidence they need to put the guy in jail. The reason we know that is they didn't offer Flynn immunity for his testimony. Flynn knows plenty but the Feds don't need him, they can convict Trump without him.

Does that tell you anything? It speaks volumes to me. They're all going down.

[calimary]

36. Anybody remember this item from a few months ago? Chilling words from within the IC.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/he-will-die-in-jail-intelligence-community-ready-to-go-nuclear-on-trump-senior-source-says/

John Schindler ✔@20committee
Now we go nuclear. IC war going to new levels. Just got an EM fm senior IC friend, it began: "He will die in jail."

Link to tweet

…
6:27 AM - 15 Feb 2017

[FakeNoose]

42. Sure, I remember

The "Steele report" was circulating last fall, even before the election. The British, German and Israeli intelligence agencies are all telling us they have the goods on Trump colluding with Putin.

Steele is the British spy who has contacts with the Russians and reported on all of this. The report was shared with our CIA and FBI early in the Fall (before the election). They've been following the story (follow the money) for at least 6 months now and they pretty much have what they need to bury Trump.

Just because we haven't seen it yet, doesn't mean they don't have it.

It's all a matter of time now.

[calimary]

44. You make a good point "they pretty much have what they need..."

Seems so. I've heard the speculation for awhile now that the reason nobody's jumped to give Michael Flynn immunity for his "story to tell" is because they don't need to, that they've already got what they need regarding him. Makes sense, anyway.

[iluvtennis]

34. when Trump's appointee takes over & demands all evidence be sent to him for review and "safe-keeping

...that's what i'm afraid of. The trumpian will come in and destroy all of the evidence. I want the FBI to backup the evidence somewhere for preservation

[tblue37]

47. I posted this comment in another thread:

Obama made sure the evidence against Trump and his people was widely disseminated, and that a lot of it was put in places where those who would collude with Trump would not even be able to access it to find out what is known.

I hope Comey and his lieutenants were smart enough to do the same thing, because it is a sure bet that those who collude with Trump will go wild deleting, destroying, and shredding every bit of evidence they can get their hands on!

I suspect Comey et al. knew to protect their evidence.

[iluvtennis]

48. Thanks for the post back

[briv1016]

12. If there are no consequences why would he regret it?

[Squinch]

14. Seems pretty clear that the FBI is regretting sabotaging Clinton in favor of Trump.

[populistdriven]

27. I am sure many FBI employees are imagining how much LESS workload they would have right now...

how many vacations would not have been cancelled...

how many of their other important investigations would not be delayed...

whomever asked Comey deserves a pat on the back, it was a great question in the hearing - "Does the FBI have sufficient staff to cover the current workload" Of course Comey said yes rubbing salt in the wound

[brewens]

15. A lot of people in powerful positions have some serious thinking to do. Do they want to go for it

and become part of Trumps Fourth Reich? It's a big risk to be the one's to stop him too.

[Leith]

18. If the Result Is That

the wind will leave the sails of investigating HRC and the agents get a little more zeal into investigating tRump's Russian entanglements, that would be a good thing.

[TDale313]

19. I suspect that's what we'll see.

[moda253]

25. I question if they will have the freedom to do that.

Any of their work can be squashed by whoever he appoints.

We need the senate to refuse to confirm.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. hmm.. Not in NYC ! They were going to leak the investigation of Hillary and Weiner/Huma which

is why Comey had to lay it out. Former NYC FBI head said as much. Now, given what came out, bet they set him up. NYC office hates Loretta Lynch - thinks she impeded their investigation.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

24. Nixon did

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fbis-no-2-was-deep-throat-mark-felt-ends-30-year-mystery-of-the-posts-watergate-source/2012/06/04/gJQAwseRIV_story.html?utm_term=.9037c9df5732

[Sculpin Beauregard]

28. Giuliani spotted in Cheetos DC hotel. Looks like we know who next of FBI is.

[LibraLiz1973]

31. F******ck. Are you serious?

VOMIT

[bdamomma]

58. the agency will be no more if Giuliani is appointed.

Giuliani has his own skeletons in his closet. I would like to see him convicted too.

[Cha]

30. Yes! How it was handled and for what excuse.. I read

comey found out by seeing it flashed on screen while he was addressing a FBI group in LA.

And, the excuse.. fuck that noise. and his letter.. thanking comey for not investigating the traitor.. that was special.

Hope So!

[Still In Wisconsin]

32. He's (thankfully I guess) not smart enough to know better. n/t

[Binkie The Clown]

33. I heard that one 100 days ago.

I know, we here at DU love to engage in wishful thinking and pretending that it's reality. But wishes are not reality, and to tell the truth, I'm getting a bit bored with all the "Trump is going down" predictions that simply never come true. Sure, trash talking is fun and makes us feel good, but there comes a time when we have to face reality. The coup succeeded. We are no longer a democracy. Deal with it by doing something positive to resist. And repeating vague wishes is not really productive. If anything, it lulls us into a false sense of immanent victory that will leave us shaking our heads and wondering how we could possibly have lost the battle. We all "knew" Hillary would win. But she didn't. We all "know" Trump is going down, but he's not.

[dhill926]

38. yep...well said....

[womanofthehills]

40. I disagree - so many people are pissed. Trump firing Comey means Trump is freaked

It takes a while, but Trump is definitely going down.

[leftynyc]

45. Congress is going to do nothing

That much is true. Our only hope is Eric Schneiderman for two reasons. He doesn't answer to degenerate donnie AND donnie can't pardon anyone for state crimes (also means Pence can't pardon donnie).

[The_Casual_Observer]

53. I'd have thought so too, except that this is an exceptional

response to this, both the press and the dems. Trump is guilty of something, we don't know what yet, but this is actually ugly and it isn't going away.

[womanofthehills]

39. I bet the leaks will increase big time now as people are pisssed

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8. Trump better grab an umbrella.

Leak storm brewing. Courtesy of Comey loyalists.

[Ilsa]

50. That's what the WaPo article indicates.

Agents are pissed, and more determined to pursue russia ties.

[SHRED]

51. He won't regret anything

He's not human.

[CitizenZero]

54. Trump Is Really Out Of Touch With Reality

He thinks that he can insult and fight the FBI, the Intelligence Community, Foreign Service Officers at State, etc, without consequences. He doesn't understand that he is not a Dictator, although he is acting like one. You can't alienate the rank-and-file members of the government and the national security apparatus and expect to get your policies properly executed.

In most ways, Trump has no clue how Government works. He did not realize how complicated it was! I think that he will finally implode one day soon. In fact, he implodes on a regular basis, it just has not taken him out of office yet.

Trump is a threat to the Nation and to our National Security. He should be impeached and/or removed for being mentally unfit under the 25th Amendment. Removing Trump should be a goal for every Democrat running for Federal Office in 2018.

Oppose, Resist, Impeach!

[CitizenZero]

57. Also

I agree with the previous poster who said that we might pin some of our hopes upon New York's AG Eric Schneiderman. He does not answer to Trump and is outside of the sphere of influence of the Trump Regime in DC. Schneiderman is capable and trustworthy.

I also agree with those who say we should not get ahead of ourselves and keep predicting Trump's downfall. It is not guaranteed by any means. We as Citizens should just keep pushing, but it is time to realize that we are suffering under a Tyrant who has no real respect or understanding of Democracy.

Hopefully the wheels of justice will turn and we will be rid of this sociopath soon. Democrats regaining seats in 2018 in the Congress will be a critical goal in getting Trump out prior to 2020. If Dem scan retake the Senate and/or the House, then we will be an opposition with teeth.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

59. K&R

[nadine_mn]

60. I don't care if trump regrets it, I care more that the GOP

Regrets embracing the orange menace and turning their backs on the intelligence community (the career agents..the ones who truly believe in truth and justice and all that crap and risk their safety - not the political appointees). The GOP loves to go on and on about how patriotic they are, how pro law and order they are etc etc.

And they get away with it...get away with sending men and women into battle then not providing care when they return or even enough equipment to fight, outing agents and putting lives in danger when it suits them, they get away with constant cover ups and lies that get people killed.

How much more unpatriotic and anti American can you get when you support a man who colluded with Russia to interfere with democracy. How big of a slap in the face is it basically threaten an agency by the way they fired Comey.

I want this stink to stick to the GOP for longer than the 2018 elections, I want it to be harder for them to get a way with their shit because people in the intelligence community are sick of putting their lives on the line while being stabbed in the back at home.